I Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010
LINEUP
Philadelphia at Florida
7:05 p.m., CSN
Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnatti
7:05 p.m., FSN
WNBA
Washington vs. Atlanta
7:30 p.m., ESPN2
:k hits (ap)
Blackhawks sign
Turco, let Niemi go
The Chicago Blackhawks
agreed to a one-year deal with
Marty Turco on Monday, set
tling on a vet
eran goal
tender to
replace
Stanley Cup
hero Antti
Niemi
General
manager Stan
Bowman said
the team expects “immedi
ate” contributions from the
34-year-old Turco, played nine
seasons with Dallas. He is a
three-time All Star.
Terms were not disclosed.
The 26-year-old Niemi
helped the Blackhawks win
the Stanley Cup this past sea
son after earning $826,875 as
a rookie.
Suh still holding out
of Lions camp
Ndamukong Suh has
missed his third straight day
of practice with the Detroit
Lions. Coach Jim Schwartz
says it’s disappointing Suh
has missed some opportuni
ties in training camp that are
gone forever.
Suh is the former Nebraska
defensive lineman who was
the No. 2 pick overall in the
NFL draft.
Manning could be
highest paid in NFL
Colts owner Jim Irsay says
he still plans to make Peyton
Manning the NFLs highest
paid player, even if that
requires putting the franchise
tag on the four-time league
MVP next season.
Manning has one more
year left on his current deal.
Irsay had hoped to give
Manning an extension during
the offseason, but the uncer
tain labor situation and the
uncapped season have com
plicated negotiations.
At the team’s first training
camp practice Monday, Irsay
told reporters that Manning’s
agent and team president Bill
Polian have been discussing
an extension.
Flyers should go
after Niemi
Though the current cap
space does not allow it, the
Philadelphia Flyers should
take a look at possible moves
that could clear up space to
sign former Blackhawks’
goalie Antii Niemi.
As is stands right now, the
Flyers’ roster has journey
men Michael Leighton and
Brian Boucher listed at the
top-two goalies.
Leighton would be a No. 2
on most teams, but the
Flyers feel indebted to him
for his performance in last
year’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
He is not, however, a No. 1
Niemi is, he proved that by
hoisting the Cup in June.
If the Flyers want to be
hoisting said Cup this year,
they should give Niemi a
look.
Q: Which conference was
current Big Ten
Commisioner Jim Delany
conunisioner of before join
ing the Big Ten in 1989?
Monday’s Answer: Chad
Ochocinco caught nine touch
down passes last season.
Spikes blown out
By lake Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Fbr the second straight night,
the State College Spikes faced an
early six-run deficit.
But whereas -
the Spikes mus- SPIKES
tered a comeback
Sunday, they could
not climb out of
the early hole
Monday night. *■*
Behind six runs Jamestown
in the first two
innings and a stel
lar pitching per
formance, the
Jamestown State College
Jammers beat the
Spikes 11-3 at Russell Diethrick
Park in Jamestown, N.Y
“They came out swinging the
bat web, scored three in the first
and then three in the second,”
Spikes designated hitter Chase
Lyles said. “That six-run lead is
pretty tough to come back from.”
Nebraska adds excitement
Big Ten coaches hope the
addition of Nebraska will
foster more expansion for
the conference.
By Andrew i. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
CHICAGO - Jim Delany was
clear with what he is looking for in
the months and years to come
regarding conference expansion.
The Big Ten commissioner
wants a nine-game conference
schedule and he has “paused” on
expansion for now.
The coaches in his own league,
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Jim Tressel (left) and Kirk Ferentz shake hands at Big Ten Media Day.
Receivers to play pivotal role
COUNTDOWN
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Series Note: This is the sixth in
an eight-part series taking a
look at each position heading
into fall camp, which starts
Aug. 5
By Brendan Monahan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
If any group will make the quar
terback’s transition to starter the
easiest this season, it’ll be the wide
receiving corps.
Penn State returns its top-two
downfield threats in redshirt sen
ior Graham Zug and redshirt jun
ior Derek Moye. The two combined
for 1,385 receiving yards and 13
receiving touchdowns last season.
The duo headlines an experi
enced bunch, including redshirt
senior Brett Brackett.
Lions preparing for preseason competition
By Andrew Robinson
COLLEGIAN STAF WRITER
A lot of things are going to be dif
ferent when the Penn State
women’s soccer team opens pre
season this week.
Last year’s WOMEN’S
seven seniors are
gone. This year’s 50CCER
seven freshmen
arrived.
Even the coaching staff has a new
look with new goalkeepers coach
Tim Wassel ready to start his
tenure in State College.
While the Nittany Lions could
set a Big Ten record by winning
Jamestown starting pitcher
Adam Veres threw seven innings
of three-hit baseball, allowing two
runs, only one of which was
earned. The 6-foot-4 right-hander
earned his third win of the year,
and improved his ERA to 2.64 with
the victory.
The Spikes had faced Veres
before on June 28, when they
tagged him for three runs in four
innings of relief. Lyles said Veres
did a good job of pounding the zone
Monday night, but ultimately the
Spikes didn’t capitalize on the
chances Veres gave them.
“He had some good stuff, but we
had some pitches to hit we just
missed them,” Lyles said.
State College (22-22) starting
pitcher Colton Cain didn’t fare as
well as Veres, as the Jammers
tagged him for six runs in the first
two innings. It was Cain’s worst
outing of his young career he
had given up just three runs in his
prior nine innings.
In the first inning, Jamestown
however, didn’t necessarily agree
with him on those two talking
points.
coach Jim TY-essel rniyrn ai I
disagreed with a mu I ball
shift to nine Big Ten games and
Joe Patemo said he was looking
for expansion eastward as soon as
possible.
With nine conference games -
meaning five conference road
games every other year, Tressell
said teams would begin to hurt
financially, especially those such
as Penn State, whose athletic
department is entirely self sup
ported.
Sophomores Curtis Drake, Justin
Brown and Devon Smith each
played at least 10 games last sea
son, while redshirt freshmen
Shawney Kersey and Brandon
Moseby-Felder are also in the mix.
“The depth at wide receiver is
outstanding this year,” quarter
back Matt McGloin said. “I don’t
think that anyone else in the Big
Ten has got it better.”
With Andrew Quarless now on
the Green Bay Packers and
Mickey Shuler on the Minnesota
Vikings, tight end is one receiver
position that will have something
to prove this season.
Brennan Coakley is also no
longer a Nittany Lion after being
denied a sixth year by the NCAA,
and during the spring, redshirt
sophomore Mark Wedderbum was
in Joe Patemo’s doghouse for cut
ting class. He didn’t participate in
the Blue-White game and was not
listed on the preseason depth
chart.
The 2010 Penn State football
media guide lists Andrew Szczerba
first and Garry Gilliam second on
See RECEIVERS, Page 8.
their 13th consecutive conference
title, it’s something the coaches
and players don’t want to focus on
until the time is
upon them
“This team is
going to be so dif
ferent from last
year’s team so to
talk about any con
secutive streak
would almost
seem foolish Walsh
because there’s so
many new players in this roster
and they don’t really know what
you’re talking about,” head coach
Erica Walsh said. “You want them
shortstop Noah Perio hit an RBI
double before right fielder Marcell
Ozuna hit a two-run home run, his
10th of the season, which puts him
in tie for the league lead.
Cain put the first two Jammers
(25-18) on base in the second
frame, before a groundnut scored
the lead runner. Perio and Ozuna
each hit RBI doubles to tack onto
the lead, making it 6-0 after just
two innings.
On Sunday night, State College
rallied late against the Auburn
Doubledays, scoring six runs in
the final two innings before win
ning in the tenth stanza.
On Monday night, Spikes reliev
er Kevin Decker, who relieved
Cain in the third, gave his team a
chance to mount another come
back, allowing just two runs on five
hits in five innings.
Decker said he felt good on the
mound, mixing in his changeup
earlier in counts.
“Whenever you come in you
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“If you’re assigned five away
games from the get-go and you’re
in the midst of a home-and-home
with somebody like we do, all of a
sudden you’ve got six away games
and that might be difficult for us to
do to our 36 sports.”
He also noted the difficulty for a
team to challenge for a national
title if it is playing five road games
in the Big Ten followed by a neu
tral-site conference championship
game.
As for Patemo’s complaint, he
said he isn’t trying to impose his
view on the Big Ten, but purely for
selfish reasons, he wants the con
ference to expand east.
He pointed to increased recruit
ing possibilities with a Big Ten
market that spans past Penn
State, eastward. Without specify
ing, Patemo hinted at Syracuse
and Rutgers, who would bring the
New York City market to the Big
Ten.
“Well, I could get up here and
have a little fun with
Commissioner Delany and tell him
exactly where we ought to go,”
Patemo joked. “After all, I have all
the answers.”
See NEBRASKA, Page 8.
Derek Moye (6) avoids a tackle in a game last season
to respect the past but not get
caught up in it.”
Among the team’s key losses
were forward Katie Schoepfer,
midfielder Melissa Hayes and
goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. But for
all the talent the Lions saw leave,
they have plenty of potential com
ing in.
While the newcomers will make
their way onto the field eventually,
the expectations are not through
the roof. The Lions have plenty of
experience that will allow the
freshmen to settle in early.
“Were not expecting all eight of
them to come in and start or any
thing like that We definitely have
The Daily Collegian
Delany
explores
new-look
Big Ten
By Andrew J. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
CHICAGO - There wasn’t
much Jim Delany said at
Monday’s Big Ten media day
that was defini- _
if the Big FOOTBALL
sioner has his way, changes will
be coming to the Big Ten, per
haps some in as soon as a
month.
Before a
room full of
reporters on
the first of two
conference
media days at
the Hyatt
Regency Mc-
Cormick Place, Delany
Delany dis
cussed schedule changes, divi
sion alignments, future expan
sion and the likely addition of a
championship game in 2011.
For now, the conference isn’t
pursuing expansion, but Delany
said he would continue with his
plan of evaluating the possibili
ties over a 12-to-18-month peri
od. “We’ll pause, but we are not
necessarily turning our back on
expansion,” Delany said. “We
said we wanted to study it for 12
to 18 months, and we’re only
about six months into that
study. So I think what we’ve
done is we’ve paused to spend
the time necessary.
Notre Dame is not in those
plans.
Delany said he feels Notre
Dame is not a player because
Athletic Director Jack
Swarbrick appears content to
remain an independent in foot
ball and a Big East representa
tive in other sports.
With the conference current
ly at 12 teams and poised for its
first-ever title game in 2011,
Delany said no decision has
been made yet on how to sepa
rate the two divisions.
Talks among the league’s
athletic directors will continue
into the fall with the commit
tee’s emphasis on competitive
balance, geography and rival
ries.
“There are a lot of different
ways you could do it,” Delany
See DELANY, Page 8.
in 2010
experienced players to start
games,” senior co-captain Megan
Monroig said. “If a few of them end
up starting that’s great, knowing
that our freshmen are good
enough to do that.”
Aside from the open positions,
which Walsh said are the experi
enced players’ positions to lose,
the team will be looking for leader
ship up and down its roster.
Monroig and forward Dani Toney
are the only true seniors on the
roster, but the team benefits from a
large junior class that includes co
captain Emma Thomson.
A tough road schedule to start
See PRESEASON, Page 8.